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Part Two of Voting Rights Forum Scheduled in Montclair, NJ

June 13, 2026 fwstaff
By The People’s Organization for Progress (POP) The second part of a forum entitled “The Attack On Voting Rights And The War On Black People,” will be held Friday, June 26, 2026, 7:00 pm at […]
NAACP launches the Out of Bounds campaign
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African Americans in Southern States Continue Struggles to Regain Voting Rights

June 8, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In an emergency appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which is dominated by Conservatives in a 6-3 majority, the elimination of an entire district where African Americans have a sizable vote […]
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Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling Protested in Newark

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress Social justice activists and labor leaders protested a recent Supreme Court ruling in a major voting rights case at a federal district court house yesterday. The demonstration took place Wednesday, […]
Selma march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge says Black Voters Matter
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Thousands Gather in Alabama to Renew Struggle for Voting Rights

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the devastating impact of the United States Supreme Court Louisiana v. Callais decision which eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, several southern states immediately began to redistrict their Congressional maps […]
Tennessee protest over redistricting vote in Nashville
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Southern States Move Toward Massive Disenfranchisement of African Americans

May 24, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On May 7, just hours after the Republican-dominated Tennessee State Assembly passed legislation which split Memphis into three separate congressional districts, the city which has a large majority of African Americans could […]
Signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act following years of struggle
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POP Announces Protest Against Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Attack

May 11, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress A civil rights group will protest a recent Supreme Court ruling in a major voting rights case next week in front of a federal district court house. “The Protest Against […]
1963 March on Washington
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POP Responds to Supreme Court Voting Rights Case

May 11, 2026 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress This U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Louisiana v. Callais voting rights case is the latest salvo in President Trump’s racist war on Black people in this country. It must […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson and Cuban President Fidel Castro meet in Havana in June, 1984
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The Jesse Jackson Campaign: National Oppression & Class Conflict

March 23, 2026 fwstaff
Civil Rights leader, two-time presidential candidate, and founder of the Rainbow-PUSH Coalition, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, died on Feb. 17, 2026, at the age of 84. In the days following his death, the corporate media […]
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Lawsuit Charges Racism in Texas Redistricting Scheme

September 3, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe For several weeks Democratic lawmakers within the State of Texas have been waging a political struggle to halt a redistricting plan which would effectively disenfranchise millions of African American voters. These plans […]
Nashville Mayor West with C.T. Vivian and Diane Nash in 1960
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Legacies of C.T. Vivian and John Lewis Secured While Ruling Class Promotes Revisionist History

August 9, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Two luminaries in the African American struggle which emerged during the 1950s and 1960s, Rev. C.T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis, passed away on July 17. Both figures played a prominent role […]